Calendar

 

REGIONAL WEBINARS IN AFRICA:

RESILIENCE AND RECOVERY FROM COVID-19 THROUGH SOUND POLICYMAKING

 

Organized by the

United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA), through

its Division for Public Institutions and Digital Government (DPIDG),

Resident Coordinators Offices (RCOs) and the

African Peer Review Mechanism

 

Monday, January 17, 2022, 8:00 – 10:00 am | Eastern Standard Time

Monday, January 17, 2022, 3:00 – 5:00 pm | South Africa Standard Time

 

Registration(Zoom)

The abovementioned partners hold a series of virtual workshops on how to promote resilience and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa through sound policymaking. This 3rd workshop will be held on 17 January 2022 via the Zoom platform, and interested persons can register by clicking on : https://bit.ly/REWAFR3.

 

The workshops aim at developing the capacities of national governments to promote sound policymaking, with a particular focus on policy coherence, strategic planning and foresight and risk management. More specifically, the workshops will:

1. Provide a platform to share knowledge on the strategies and guidance notes related to sound policymaking, which is one of the 11 Principles of Effective Governance for Sustainable Development. These Principles were developed by the United Nations Committee of Experts on Public Administration (CEPA) and endorsed in 2018 by the United Nations Economic Council on Social and Economic Development;
2. Increase understanding of how to effectively utilise the sound policymaking strategies for COVID-19 response measures;
3. Link participants through peer-to-peer learning and create network opportunities; and
4. Assist countries in identifying concrete activities and capacity development initiatives that can be undertaken with the support of the UN system and other organizations.

The workshops will be divided into plenary presentations and hands-on break-out groups. The break-out groups are intended to facilitate dialogue and discussion on how to enhance capacities for sound policymaking through the three strategies of policy coherence, planning and foresight and risk management. The workshops will be highly interactive and provide ample time for peer-to-peer learning.

The target audience of the workshops includes senior policymakers in centres of Government, ministries of finance, planning and public administration of Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, South Africa and Zambia who have requested capacity development support after workshops held in February 2021. Relevant United Nations organizations, regional organizations and professional and academic communities, and schools of public administration are invited to register and attend.

 

 

Supporting material

• • Concept note and agenda;
• • Principles of Effective Governance for Sustainable Development;
• • CEPA strategy guidance note on Risk management frameworks (February 2021);
• • CEPA strategy guidance note on Strategic planning and foresight (February 2021);
• • CEPA strategy guidance note on Promotion of coherent policymaking (February 2021);
• • Curriculum on Governance for the Sustainable Development Goals:
  • - Toolkit on Strengthening Institutional Arrangements and Governance Capacities for Policy Coherence;
  • - Toolkit on Risk-informed Governance and Innovative Technology for Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience;
• • Handbook on Risk-informed Governance and Innovative Technology for Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience;
• • Paper on needs assessment and related case study/ies on policy coherence in Africa in response to COVID-19 (by Ivonne Lobos Alva);
• • Opening remarks by Ferdinand Katendeko; 
• • Presentation by Adriana Alberti; 
• • Presentation by Måns Nilsson;
• • Presentation by Ivonne Lobos Alva; 
• • Presentation by Dr. Albert Musisi; 
• • Presentation by Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi; 
• • Presentation by Stefania Senese; 
• • Bio of Speakers; 
• • Photo;
• • Survey; 
• • Recording; 
• • FINAL REPORT
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• → Access to webinar on 16 November 2021 on Risk Management.
• → Access to webinar on 8 December 2021 on Strategic Planning and Foresight

Contact information

 

Ms. Adriana Alberti

Chief, Programme Management and Capacity Development Unit (PMCDU) 

DPIDG / UN DESA

E-mail: alberti@un.org

 

Ms. Stefania Senese

Programme Management Officer,

PMCDU / DPIDG / UN DESA

Email : senese@un.org 

 

Ms. Veronique Verbruggen

Senior Interregional Advisor

PMCDU / DPIDG / UN DESA

Email: verbruggen2@un.org

 

Ms. Sara Hamouda

SDGs & Agenda 2063 Expert

African Peer Review Mechanism

Email: sara.hamouda@aprm-au.org